Xiaoyong Yang
Professor in Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Elected to the Academy in 2024
Education
Nankai University (China), 1993, BS, Microbiology; Peking University (China), 1996, MS, Cell Biology; University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2001, PhD, Cell Biology
Professional Area(s)
Biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, and metabolic physiology; research directed at understanding signaling mechanisms governing metabolism in response to environmental and genetic cues, and to design strategies to battle metabolic disease and cancer
Citation
For seminal contributions to our understanding of the molecular intricacies of diabetes and obesity, through pioneering research on the roles of protein posttranslational modifications in cell signaling and metabolic physiology.